Daily Republican., 1887-08-08
wsrn,sgsasn's mistakes.

wsrkingsnsnS Mistakes.
An Eogiish writer In the "Nine-
tssu,h Century," jane. IN Eaglish
periodical, states very plainly the bsne-
fb OF free trade from IN English
ssAndp point when he says:
"Ths only advantage We have Over
the United States 10, - have said,
that ws have cheap labor, and because
Of our cheap labor, aud that only, osn
we send into her markets raw material
aud Manufactured goods despite heI
heavy import duties. The import du
ties OF the United States, however, Art
bsinR gradually but surely lowered
and she 10 tending towards the ID option
adopt free trade or nything approach
come down.
Here we have tho question OF protec-
tion and free trade In nut shell. The
REPUBLICAN, has slways presented the
| q aession In this light, but did not know =
that what 1t said was to be 20 emphaM.
cAliy corroborAted BY IN English free
trade writer. Every proteotionist, u
we'll "a free trader In the country,
should know and does know very we'll
the reason Why England takes such =
deep interest In the success Of the
movement to force FREQ trade upon the
United States. Eagland is not to
blams, for she has tremendous Interests
at stake In she triumph OF FREQ trade In
this country. Nearly every whore she
10 being shut out from markets that
oncs she WAS able to control to certain
extent. She sees that II this state OF
thinss continue much longer she will
bs brought face to faos with absolute
ruin. Her only hope lies 10 the free
trade movement In the United States.
II that succeeds 1t will mere than oom-
psnsats her for her losses In other parts
OF the world. Hsnoe the desperate Of
forts she and her friends In America
are making to propagate free trade
ideas on this side OF the Atlantic, an
effort in which President Cleveland,
John G. Carlisle, Secretary BAyard,
and other DsmocrAsio leaders are not
only In full sympathy, but aotive and
inf ueun nal advo ,ates. II this propA-
gAnda succeeds, England will be greatly
benefited o. tho cost Of American work
ingmen, whose wages must necessarily
come down to the European standard.
This is . tremendously interesting
lesson for tho woiklngmen OF Wilming-
ton who still persist In voting the
Democratic ticket. They certainly do
not realize the fact that FREQ trade
means cheap labor. and cheap labor
means poorer food, poorer clothes, and
poorer housing for themselves and for
their families. II tree traders who
know very we'll what tho results would
be, - this writer in the Nineteenth
Century knew, and they were to put
the issue before the American people In
this way there could be no doubt % to
what their verdict would bs at the
polls. But the FREQ traders are alto.
gether too cunning to do any suoh
thing. They hypocriticAlly pretend
that the policy they advocate Is In the
interest OF the worklngmen, when they
know the contrary to be true. They
impudently assert that free trade would
be better for the workingmen, while
the free trade newspapers, almost with
out exception, are anti.labor organs. 1t
10 in vain that any Mugwump organ 10
searched TO And any hearty expression
lot good will for the woIklngmen.
Withou. exception. however, they are
full Of admiration OF free trade and
I, 6lled With denuncistions OF the policy
F, Of protection.
1t 10 . singular condition Of affairs
to And the Irish American wo,klngmen
OF our country, united as one man rs 1t
were, against Brttlsh tyranny In Ire
land and yet In the E,g!lsh war against
protection and In favor OF free trade in
the United States, England finds In her
enemies Of home her most earnest
friends In America. In their attacks
upon protection the English ires trader
and the Irish-A merioan voter who per-
sis.s under oil circumstances In voting
tae Democratic ticket, clasp hands. It
Ia no wonder that fres trade English
statesman sAid that the Irish became
their best friends after they emlgrated
to America and kept right along voting z
the Democratic Hcket. Taere seems to
ee no doubt that In the near future the
battle bet tween free trade and protectio
will have to be fought out al the ballot.
box. The free traders who have no,
the courage OF their convictions are
doing their best to Avoid Joining Issue
with the pro.ect!onists on the question
OF protecting American iudustrie.
} against conspiracy which, II 1t sue
ceeds, will force American work. In I'm en-
to adopt the European standard OF liv
ing. Eagland has cheap labor, and 1
America Is to compete with England
she must also have cheap labor. Their,
can bs no other result, and 1t would b.
well for workipgmen to consider care
! fully this fact when they are invited T.
: vote the Democratic ticket and In tn
interests Of free trade.
KENTUCKY, Tennessee, North Caro-
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